Life in the trenches‚ during World War I‚ was a horrible experience for the soldiers of that time. Many soldiers were faced with death during these times. The sources of their deaths were either enemy attacks or their contraction of harmful diseases. Another major obstacle‚ in the trenches‚ was of the infestation of rats. Rats‚ either black or brown‚ were feared and were nuisances to the soldiers. Brown rats‚ especially‚ were detested due to their tendencies to feed on human remains‚ including the
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Pierre de Coubertin‚ the father of the modern Olympics‚ once said that "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.” Well‚ I believe that no one should be taking part in the Olympics‚ because they should be cancelled. Yes‚ it can be argued that they provide countries with sometimes much needed unity and strength to improve‚ and that the Olympics are highly competitive that is great for the athletes competing. But‚ the pros greatly overweigh the cons. The Olympics
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Buddhism is a religion and philosophy that developed from the teachings of the Buddha. It is one of the most most important asian spiritual traditions. During its evolution and procees a flexible approach have been made‚ adapting itself to different conditions and local ideas while maintaining its core teachings. As a result of its wide geographical expansion‚ today it encompasses a number of different traditions‚ beliefs‚ and practices. Aspects as arts‚ morals‚ social institutions‚ etc‚ were touched
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who runs a business of selling home-made food items. To support her financially‚ he takes mathematics tuitions. He continues these tuitions even after starting the cricket shop business. He is the narrator of this story and the one who makes the "Three Mistakes". During the course of the story he falls in love with Vidya‚ Ishan’s younger sister for whom he is a private tutor. Govind is the one who looks after the financial part of the business as he has good business sense and mathematical skills
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The Grammar-Translation Method The grammar-translation method of foreign language teaching is one of the most traditional methods‚ dating back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s. It was originally used to teach ’dead’ languages (and literatures) such as Latin and Greek‚ and this may account for its heavy bias towards written work to the virtual exclusion of oral production. As Omaggio comments‚ this approach reflected "the view of faculty psychologists that mental discipline
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Daddy’s Girl ! My dad is the most important man in my life. He is the hardest most dedicated man I have ever met. I look up to him and he is truly my hero. He has always been there for me with everything I do‚ ever since I can remember. He raised me‚ provided a roof over my head‚ food on the table‚ supported me‚ protected me and loved me. He’s help me through so much and has helped form the person I am today. I can’t imagine my life without him and therefore this is why my dad is the most
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Tango? Find Dance Tango on Facebook. Sign up now! www.Facebook.com Call it hip-hop dancing‚ B-boying or simply breaking‚ breakdancing is one of the most popular forms of dancing‚ among the youth‚ all over the world. Breakdance started off as an important part of the hip hop culture‚ along with beatboxing‚ rapping and DJing. The hip hop dance revolution is said to have started in the South Bronx‚ NYC. It is a free-style dance form‚ which requires a lot of athleticism‚ energy and creativity. The experimental
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Teenage Pregnancy is one of the most alarming issues in our world today. Each year‚ over seven hundred and fifty thousand teenage girls become pregnant. Despite the fact that the teen birth rate is slowly falling‚ there are still an estimated one million teen pregnancies in the United States‚just the United States alone. Teenage pregnancy maybe very common nowadays but there are many causes and effects of it. The very first and main cause of teenage pregnancy is peer pressure. D uring adolescence
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have calculator‚ calendar‚ organizer‚ and reminder facilities. Newest cell phones offer recording from radio‚ as well as touch screens‚ with new and improved functions emerging daily. On the flip side: the cons of cell phones: 1. Limited battery life 2. Memory capacity limited‚ though capabilities are constantly growing. 3. According to research‚ short message services and instant messaging can have a detrimental effect on language use in frequent users. 4. Adult content and gambling can be
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A recent experiment1 first demonstrated an acoustic time-reversal mirror ~TRM! in the ocean. A TRM2‚3 also referred to as the process of phase conjugation in the frequency domain‚4–8 focuses sound from a source–receive array ~SRA! back to the probe source ~PS! which ensonified the SRA. The SRA receives the probe-source field‚ time reverses it ~phase conjugation in the frequency domain!‚ and then uses the time-reversed data as the excitation for an array of sources which are collocated with
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